Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr

The Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr was a <a href="/facts/Streamliner/DE0SCQf1">streamlined</a> <a href="/facts/Passenger_train/0mkFQDg9">passenger train</a> operated by the <a href="/facts/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad/9NmAud4K">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad</a> (CB&Q) between <a href="/facts/Lincoln,_Nebraska/7PpHa1C4">Lincoln, Nebraska</a> and <a href="/facts/Chicago/yPMokrXH">Chicago</a>, <a href="/facts/Illinois/MuPb1Ctn">Illinois</a>, <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. The first version operated from 1940 to 1947; a revived service operated from 1953 to 1970. The "Ak-Sar-Ben" portion of name was created by spelling <a href="/facts/Nebraska/g9hHfRFU">Nebraska</a> (Neb-ras-ka) backwards and taken from a fraternal organization of the same name. "Zephyr" was a name applied by the CB&Q to many of its trains, beginning with the <a href="/facts/Pioneer_Zephyr/70KFoqha">Pioneer Zephyr</a> in 1934. The name derived from "<a href="/facts/Zephyrus/3J8o4uLR">Zephyrus</a>", the Greek god of the <a href="/facts/West_wind/DTGJD4jq">west wind</a>.

Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr open-in-new

Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr